Ms. Juettner is Missing

Today is Halloween, my birthday, and one of my favorite days of the year. 🎃 My school allows teachers and students to wear costumes, and I’ve got a fun lesson planned of creepy stories (like this true one I wrote last year) and creepy poems (like this one by Annie Neugebauer) to share with my classes.Continue reading “Ms. Juettner is Missing”

The First Week of School, In Review *

Tonight when I got home from work, I pulled into my driveway and was sitting in my car trying to summon the energy to get up and walk into the house, when a dog walked through my front yard. Not my dog, just a random dog I didn’t know. So I got out of theContinue reading “The First Week of School, In Review *”

Forgetting the Pledge of Allegiance and Other Symptoms of Adult Summer Slide

A couple of weeks ago, I was at my parents’ house when my mom mentioned that she “pledged the table.” She meant that she used Pledge cleaner on the kitchen table, but I (being the hilarious and punny daughter that I am) wanted to make the obvious joke that she pledged allegiance to her table.Continue reading “Forgetting the Pledge of Allegiance and Other Symptoms of Adult Summer Slide”